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“I wasn’t expecting anything that interesting when I read that you wrote for an online called Metal Obsession…” – an interview with Steven Wilson
For lovers of Prog, Steven Wilson needs no introduction. His reach into different facets of the scene over many years includes his solo work, his band Porcupine Tree, and countless production and mixing credits. Ahead of his...
- Posted 11 years ago
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The Mark of Cain; “I always call it the dirty word ‘art'”
What Adelaide folk lack in numbers they make up for in enthusiasm and participation – when I lived there three quarters of the state’s population would turn up to the John Martins Christmas Pageant that weaved it’s...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“…the newer released album is actually older than the one before it.” – an interview with Quiet Child
Excuse us while we remove out metal hats for a moment, and delve into the world of progressive rock. A few months ago the Adelaide band released their new album The Coming Storm (which is absolutely superb). Even...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Quiet Child – The Coming Storm
If you’re like me, a really good film has to have a degree of unpredictability. Not all over the place so it doesn’t make sense, but where you don’t spend the whole time waiting for the ending...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“Music is design, and much like great design, the power of the graphic is in the colour palette” – an interview with SEIMS
We had a bit of a laugh the other day after we reviewed the debut album from solo project SEIMS, and the artist involved, Simeon, reviewed our review on his blog. We figured that was good enough...
- Posted 11 years ago
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SEIMS – SEIMS
Today at work someone who has discovered Apple’s Garage Band was playing me some of his songs, during which I was thinking about the shapes of the tracks that were better than others and how much that...
- Posted 11 years ago
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The Boy Who Spoke Clouds – Secret Corridors Lay Outside The Walls
One-man devotional folk from Melbourne. Mesmerising.
- Posted 11 years ago
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Rainshadow – Cold Years
In the olden days of last century if you released a song from an album and threw in a couple of remixes and a new track it was called a single. At first glance that’s what EP...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Beastwars – Blood Becomes Fire
The cover art of Blood Becomes Fire, the latest release from Beastwars, is a damn fine representation of what’s inside. It’s heavy, ominous, oppressive, dark and gloomy, and offers nothing but despair as it unrolls its quest...
- Posted 12 years ago
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Myridian – Under The Fading Light
Fantastic melancholic melodic death/doom out of Melbourne.
- Posted 12 years ago